Ara GALOYAN

Defined but not predicted

11.02.2006

In some cases the activities of the central bank are transparent. Last week the CB published the “monetary policy”. It hasn’t been studied by specialists yet. The total analysis of this document will take some time. But there is one point in the program which had to be a subject for serious discussions among economists. …

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Recently little is spoken about bird flu

07.02.2006

Recently little is spoken about the bird flu. The reason is the cold weather. The last circle of this virus is Eastern Europe, where the temperature is extremely low right now. The weather is minus 30 degrees. The epidemiologists will have some break. Now we can calculate the economic consequences that have rose because of …

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From the fore post to the office

31.01.2006

The Russian “Kultura” television network showed a live concert which took place at the Moscow Kremlin hall last Sunday night. The “Kultura” channel rebroadcasts its shows in Armenia, but that didn’t stop Armenian Public Television from broadcasting the concert live. Just like back in the days of the Soviet Union, the local television network had …

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Against the price increase

22.01.2006

The most that economical developments and reforms do are lead to political changes. We can prove this true sentence by using the example of our energy ministry. About ten years ago the energy minister of Armenia had more social and political power than the minister has now. Parallel to working out the energetic crisis, the …

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Political and Economic TV passions

21.01.2006

After the New Year holidays definitely one of the most interesting things for people was what was written regarding TV programs in print media. You can’t see anything written about Russian “1” and “Rossia” channels in newspapers. These two TV channels are really famous among people. In some CIS countries these two channels are not …

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The insignificant economical year

15.01.2006

For journalists involved in the economical field, probably the most difficult thing is to write the last article of the year. The last means the concluding one. But the economical year officially is finalized some time later. The national statistical service will conclude the economical year in a minimum of two months. As for the …

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Festive coincidence

25.12.2005

The communists’ party of the Soviet Union was always trying to make people believe that life in the Soviet Union was a festival. There were a lot of holidays in the Soviet calendar. There were festivals for all professions. And we still keep this calendar in our houses, but we don’t know whether it is …

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The First And Last 300 Companies

18.12.2005

In the economical field of Armenia everything that is happening is like an interesting play to watch. All good actions and steps to try to correct the situation turn to an amazing and absurd thing. These last years the state taxation committee publishes two very important lists: “List of the first 300 companies to pay …

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Pan-Armenian summer house

11.12.2005

The processes that are going on in the real estate market of Yerevan are changing the view of the city. Five years ago, the RA city construction minister and general architecture announced that they had worked out a new plan for Yerevan constructional development. In spite of making constructions in the suburbs of Yerevan, they …

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Undermined water supply system

04.12.2005

It is clear that our country develops spontaneously. We live and carry out activities but we don’t know what will happen: if there are any problems connected with our activities in the future, we will solve them. We don’t try to predict and analyze anything in order to evade possible problems. This is the principle …

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